Top Five Greatest Bass Lines

[WhiffleBallTony]

Very few songs contain prominent bass lines, and even of the ones that do, the line is not awesome. Because of this, I think that we all should submit our opinions of the greatest of the greats. For me, the top five would be:

5.) Tool - "Schism"
4.) Metallica - "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
3.) Iron Maiden - "Wrathchild"
2.) Muse - "Hysteria"
1.) Herbie Han**** - "Chameleon"

Those are my favorites. What are yours?

[Rockbandfan23467]

No Order.


Another One Bites The Dust-Queen
Under Pressure/Ice Ice Baby-Quenn and David Bowie/Vanillia Ice
Superfreak/U Can't Touch This-Rick James/Mc Hammer
Longview-Green Day
Money-Pink Floyd.

[AnarchyintheUK]

Hysteria 100 percent deserves to be there. And I hate myself for saying this but Devil In A Midnight Mass by Billy Talent has some good bass bits in it

[sg327]

This one deserves to be on the list:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSsm6mPZA1w

A couple from the R&B/Funk category (I know...but they at least deserve an honorable mention, lol)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7lwcjNaH_A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny_j-bAhq68

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe0eWPqgshQ

[FourstringOrion]

My opinion

In order

1.) Orion - Meatllica(have you head the bass in this song?!)
2.)The Real Me - The Who(Only a few bassist's can best John E)
3.)Wrathchild - Iron Maiden(Steve Harris is awesomeness in human form)
4.)Taxman - The Beatles(Paul is way too underrated)
5.)Freewill - Rush(Geddy Lee is too awesome of a bass player)

[TheCrimsonSaint]

"Bring 'Em Back Alive" - Audioslave
"Revelations" - Iron Maiden
"Peace Sells" - Megadeth
"My Friend of Misery" - Metallica
"Simple Man" - Lynyrd Skynyrd

In no particular order.

[partyboydanial]

cant pick a top 5 so here are some of my favorites

Roundabout
Money
Waiting for an Alibi
Won't Get Fooled Again
Soul to Squeeze
Around the World
Hysteria
Sweet Emotion
Come Together
Sugar Magnolia
The Lemon Song
How Many More Times
Come As You Are
Give It Away
Another One Bites the Dust
Trippin on a Hole in a Paper Heart
The Joker

[kwami42]

Roundabout by Yes has to be up there.

[BhindBluEyes430]

1. London Calling-The Clash (No one mentioned it yet?)
2. Hysteria- Muse
3. Money-Pink Floyd
4. My Generation-The Who
5. Walk on the wild side-Lou Reed

[JukeBoxHero]

Rush-Hemispheres/2112(Sounds like a typical choice but the simple bass line, especially in the beginning of Temples of Syrinx is purely awesome).
Yes-Heart of the Sunrise
King Crimson-Elephant Talk
Blue Oyster Cult-7 Screaming Diz Busters
Primus-Jerry Was A Race Car Driver(The album has some funny songs on it such as Is It Luck and Sgt Baker).

Edit:I have limited knowledge so I may not be the best judge.